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Recipes from DWC-HK ‘It’s All About Food’

24 January 2018

Starting this issue, we will feature posts from the Facebook page of the “Domestic Workers Corner (HK Group) It’s All About Food” where Filipino domestic workers share their questions and concerns about the food they are expected to serve their mainly Chinese employers on a daily basis.

The closed group, formed by The SUN’s regular contributor Rodelia Villar only five months ago, now counts about 15,000 members, which testifies to how important cooking is to a domestic worker’s job.

As Rodelia said in a previous article on the group, the challenge faced by many is the rather limited budget given to a domestic worker, who often has to prepare up to five dishes per meal. Add to this is the difficulty of learning new Chinese dishes to vary the food served each day.

Members of the It’s All About Food page learn not just new recipes, but also ways of reaching out to each other from kitchens all over Hong Kong. In this sense, it has helped domestic workers cope with one of their main tasks in a way that cook books and cooking lessons could only manage to achieve in a limited way.

Posted is an interesting question raised in the page by a member: How to cook a half a slice of pumpkin.

Adelaida Mayuga gave a more comprehensive recipe: “Marinate the pork ribs, then fry with minced garlic and add some black beans. Put enough water (and boil) until tender. Lastly, put the cut pumpkin or squash and cook until soft but not soggy. Happy eating.”

Another suggestion came from Rosalinda Lopez who said, “Ginisa sa lean pork with chu hoi paste.”

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

Procedure:
1)Preheat oven to 400 degrees. (Can be pan-fried if there is no oven)
2)Divide asparagus spears into 12 bundles (3-4 pieces each). Wrap 1 piece of bacon around each bundle, starting 1/2" from bottom of the tips. Secure the bacon-wrapped asparagus with a toothpick. Arrange bundle in a shallow baking pan.
3)Combine brown sugar and remaining ingredients in a medium saucepan; heat mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture over asparagus bundles.
4)Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until spears have begun to wilt and the bacon looks fully cooked. Enjoy